Definitions for Guild

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Guild guild

Spelling: [gild]

IPA: /gɪld/

Guild is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 45 anagrams from letters in Guild (dgilu).

Definitions for Guild

noun

1. an organization of persons with related interests, goals, etc., especially one formed for mutual aid or protection.
2. any of various medieval associations, as of merchants or artisans, organized to maintain standards and to protect the interests of its members, and that sometimes constituted a local governing body.
3. Botany. a group of plants, as parasites, having a similar habit of growth and nutrition.

Origin of Guild

before 1000; Middle English gild(e) Old Norse gildi guild, payment; replacing Old English gegyld guild; akin to German Geld money, Gothic -gild tax

Examples for Guild

It's a guild as old, and a deal more honorable, than the beggar's.

The members have to contribute something yearly to the guild.

Online he was a guild leader, delivering rousing speeches to fellow gamers.

The scenes were painted expressly in aid of the "guild," and admirably done.

Bad as that deal was, it was better than the alternative: a 23 percent wage cut for all guild employees to begin next week.

Inside the guild, men in caps and long gowns sit in twos, weaving together in small rooms.

To what guild or brotherhood of impetuous travellers had he ascribed me?

Tem Rend's application had finally been accepted by the Assassin's guild.

The aim of the guild charities was the same as the aim of the Common Land.

Then it is, in a measure, fair that we judge this creature's guild through him.